Overalls-bib



Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

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MERRITT M. LOG-AN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

OVERALLS-BIB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

. Application filed April 10, 1920. Serial No. 372,864.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mnnnrr'r M. LOGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Overalls-Bib, of which the following is a specification. I y I The present invention has reference to garments, and more particularly to garments known as overalls, and it is the ob ect of the invention to provide an overall having a novel form ofbib, whereby the, bib may be folded to a position out of slght, and held in such position by suitable securing means carried by the trousers portion, of the garment.

lVith the foregoing and other ob3ects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and 1n the. details of construction hereinafter described ancl claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

. reference character 10 designates the lower or trousers portion of the garment, which is constructed in the usual manner, the bib section indicated at 11 being secured to the lower portion 10 adjacent the upper edge thereof as by means of the parallel lines of stitching 12.

This bib section is relatively long, the outer side edges thereof being shown as tapering toward the upper end of the bib to provide clearances for the arms of the user to enable the user to have free and unobstructed use of his arms.

Buttons 13 are arranged in spaced relation with each other across the front of the trousers, which buttons extend through the material and are provided with heads indicated at 14 and 15, adapted to coiiperate with the ends 16 of the suspenders, employed in connection with the garment, for securing the suspenders against the displacement.

Formed in the material of the bib 11, are the openings or button-holes 17 disposed transversely of the bib and arranged in spaced relation with each other. Openings 18, are disposed in spaced relation with the first mentioned openings, at points substantially intermediate the length of the bib, for purposes to be hereinafter more fully de scribed.

A hem 19 is formed at the extreme upper end of the bib portion 11 and provides reinforcing means for reinforcing the upper section of the bib to insure against the buttons 20 which are carried by the bib, from being torn or otherwise displaced therefrom.

' In the use of the device, if the bib section is to be employed for protecting the shirt of the user, the bib is of course extended to a position as indicated by Fig. 1 of the drawing, as in the usual-manner, but if it is desired to fold the bib out of sight to convert the overalls into trousers, the bib is first turned inwardly, until the button-holes 17 register with the heads 14 of the buttons 13, whereupon the buttons are forced through the openings to secure this portion of the bib to the trousers.

The upper or free extremity of the bib is now folded to a position as indicated by Fig. 3 of the drawing, the buttons 19 and 20 thereof, being positioned in the openings 18 of the bib, whereby the bib section is folded and secured out of sight.

That is claimed as new is In a garment, a trousers section, a bib section having its lower end secured to the trousers section, said bib section having a plurality of button holes formed therein, buttons carried by the upper extremity of the bib, said bib section adapted'to be folded downwardly, said. buttons adapted to pass through predetermined openings of the bib sections, and means carried by the trousers and engaging within the openings of the bib for securing the bib in its folded position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two wltnesses.

MERRITT M. LOGAN.

Witnesses:

L. E. WRIGHT. T. H. KEET. 

